Chemical acaricides in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies; do they cause nonlethal effects?

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-371

  Westcott, Lynn C ^a,b   Winston, Mark L ^b  

^a Box 224 ^*  (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; HONEYBEE; PARASITE; PESTICIDE;

ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; TARSONEMIDAE; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0033053858     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent131363-3     Document Type: Article

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